Happy Valentine’s Day Lovers! ❤
My boyfriend and I love switching it up and trying new things. The first summer we were together we did everything we could think of! It can be challenging coming up with new ideas, so I have put together a list of date ideas to try this year.
- Take a hike
- Have a wine, cheese and game night (Yahtzee!)
- Picnic or BBQ at a local park
- Local brewery tour
- Sign up for a cooking class together
- Re-create your first date
- Find a Netflix series you both agree on and only watch together
- Read the same book and discuss it over cocktails
- Ride bikes
- Try a new coffee shop
- Go fishing with a bucket of beer and some cards
- Kayak, paddle board or canoe
- Stargaze
- Have a bonfire
- Visit a local greenhouse and pick out a plant to “raise”
- Make sushi
- Play your old favorite music for the other person
- Take dance lessons
- Surf or take surf lessons
- Sunset boat cruise
- Snow tubing or sledding
- Get some canvas and paint together
- Give each other massages
- Clean the attic or basement at laugh at each others old crap
- Volunteer together for a cause you both support
- Explore a local historical site that neither of you have been visited
- Sunset beach picnic
- Go antiquing – see who can snag the best find
- Research the next place you want to travel together
- Go to a yoga class and then grab a healthy lunch
- Try a work out class neither of you have done
- Look at old photos or videos together
- Check out local live music
- Go apple, strawberry, blueberry picking (depending on the season)
- Hit the tennis ball around, even if you are both terrible
- Swim laps at a local pool, use kick boards and chat
- Get up early enough to watch the sunrise at the beach – bring coffee in a thermos
- Shop for dinner at a local farmers market
- Create your own craft beer tasting at home
- Go to trivia night
- Play bartender and serve each other handcrafted cocktails
- Train for a race together
- Help clean out each others closets and donate to Goodwill
- Talk about something random vs the usual work/family/day to day convo
- Make breakfast in bed and spend Sunday in your PJs
- Go snowshoeing or rollerblading, depending on the season
- Make ice cream from scratch
- Just a walk around your neighborhood
- Snorkel or scuba dive
- Tackle a house project together
Tip: When deciding on a restaurant to go to, try to the rule of three. One of you picks three places and the other person picks one out of the three. It narrows down the choices and involves both people in the decision making.
Korina Linda 